BedBugs are everywhere, including Rental Cars, but THIS is not the solution.

BedBugs are everywhere, including Rental Cars, but THIS is not the solution.

Remember the promise we make at Bedbug News Reports.com [that we will not make fun of anyone who does silly things to exterminate Bedbugs]. Well, sometimes it is REALLY hard to follow that editorial policy.

Todays episode of “Did he really do THAT” comes to us from Long Island NewYork. It seems that Scott Kemery, of Bridgehampton, NY was really upset to discover BedBugs in his rental car. If you’ve spent any time at all reading these Bedbug News Reports.com pages, you know that BedBugs are common in all public transit modes. Bedbugs are hitch-hikers. We cling to any fabric that smells like you tasty-human buffet opportunities. BedBugs want a free ride back to your home, and a rental car is just as handy an option as any other.

As today’s story goes, our “hero”, Scott discovered Bedbugs and decided to solve the problem himself. Instead to complaining directly to the hire-car/ rental agency, [because the car was from Florida], he decided to “do something”. This man-of-action remembered that folklore he had heard. It sounded like a “plan”, so, believing that rubbing alcohol will kill Bedbugs [it won’t as I’ll explain below] He purchased a bottle and proceeded to “git those suckers”. Here’s the news report…. The police commentary is below.

I am the famous MrBedBug. You can trust me when I say that our pal, Scott doesn’t need to worry about Bedbugs in that rental car any more, but the cops had questions. Suffolk, NY Police Arson Detective Sgt. Edward Fitzgerald told NewsDay that they were “pretty sure” the Bedbugs were dead. [I’m just kidding. He said no such thing]

Det Sgt Fitzgerald did do an investigation to see if the car-fire was an intentional arson case, but it looks like innocent silliness. Mr Kemery is sticking to the story that he rented the car in Florida, for the drive to the Hamptons. When he discovered the BedBugs, a [ill-informed] friend suggested he try killing the “critters” by dumping the alcohol on them. This is the point in our story where the snickers and giggles begin. You see, it takes a LONG time for “drunk” Bedbugs to die. While he waited, Scott decided he need a smoke. Just like we’ve seen Wiley E Coyote do a million times, Scott “flicks his BIC”… pauses, says “Oooops!” and KaBOOM !!

Wiley E Coyote -Boom

Yes, Boys and Girls…. Those Saturday Morning cartons were educational.

Do NOT believe the myths and folklore silliness you can find easily on the internet. BedBugs are not a danger that needs immediate response. They are creatures of habit. A BedBug infestation in your home, a rental car or anywhewre else starts with a hitch-hiker. BedBugs cling to any fabric that smells like a tasty-human buffet opportunity. They want to be “near” a tasty-human, so that they can feed and grow a family. Bedbug infestations start small and grow. If you are aware of the signs and symptoms, a huge infestation should never occur, but they do, because tasty-humans are not aware.

Let me [the famous MrBedBug] address the silliness of “alcohol” kills Bedbugs. This is one of those myths that continue on the internet, because technically it could “theoretically” be true. Rubbing alcohol [properly called Isopropyl alcohol] will kill a BedBug, if [ and let me stress IF] it is placed directly on a BedBug and constantly monitored. I often say, “a human will die from water, if your head is held under water too”, but did the water “kill” you? NO, drowning did.

If you want to learn HOW TO AVOID BEDBUGS, Get the facts. All the latest research [and Battle plans from the Bedbug Wars] is compiled at www.FLfresh.com Get effective “Tips and Tricks” on how to avoid a Bedbug infestation in the first place, and learn the options you have to clean a BedBug infestation in your home or apartment/condo and workplace. Separate FACT from FOLK-LORE and Myth at www.FLfresh.com , the national distributor of EcoBugFREE, the BedBug Eliminator, the non-toxic [kid-safe and pet-friendly] way to KILL BEDBUGS.

The more you know about HOW BedBugs live, hide, feed, breed and travel, the better you can protect yourself in the “BedBugs Wars”.

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Hello, my tasty human-friends. I'm MrBedBug, [the Chief SpokesBUG for FLfresh.com]
I find the news reports about BedBug infestations across the USofA very entertaining. Local reporters get it "wrong" or repeat folk-lore about BedBugs that won't help you remove "us" from your life. BedBug News Reports was created to help you learn from the errors of others. [and YES, I often send notes and e-mails to the reporters, of the stories we feature here, to correct, inform or expand their knowledge of BedBugs.
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6 Comments

I discovered your blog by accident. It couldn’t be this easy….. but after some research I’m back. Thanks for the good, common sense advice. without the huge sales push. Im forwarding your page to neighbors.

Good post. I was taught something completely different, in sales training classes, at a pest contractor company. They were SO scummy, I couldn’t work for them. I quit after 4 days. Commission salespeople are taught to re-inforce homeowner fears and use that to sell expensive add-on services. Big HUGE infestations my need PRO-help, but a average home should never get to that point, if you follow basic D-I-Y steps like this.

I can verify this. We are STILL FIGHTING with [xxxxxxx]. On the second day of a trip, we stopped into the [xxxxx] location in Wilmington Del. to show them the bed bugs, in person. We requested a new car. They refused. Told us it would be an early termination fee and a relocation fee for the car, back to Philly. I’ve documented it all and the consumer action lawsuit will be filled soon. The lawyer says we must give them 90 days to respond, before I can go all nuclear-bomb on their ass and in the press. I’ll post again, when I have more details. Thanks for permitting me to rant!

I wish to express my thanks to you just for bailing me out of a situation where the local guys wanted $4 grand. [delete] FOUR Thousand Dollars? After exploring the net, found you. I assumed my life was well over, now it’s not. I can do a lot of this common-sense stuff, myself. Why pay them, until after I’ve given it a DIY good try, right? Your common sense, obvious knowledge and silliness/kindness in dealing with every aspect of this was helpful. I’m not sure what I would’ve done if I hadn’t come upon this. Thank you so much. I will recommend your site to others.